Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Apropos of complaining about things, here is a video of a British author saying some things. This is what he is saying:

It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended. Nobody has to read this book. Nobody has to pick it up. Nobody has to open it. And if you open it and read it, you don't have to like it. And if you read it and you dislike it, you don't have to remain silent about it. You can write to me, you can complain about it, you can write to the publisher, you can write to the papers, you can write your own book. You can do all those things, but there your rights stop. No one has the right to stop me writing this book. No one has the right to stop it being published, or bought, or sold or read. That's all I have to say on that subject.

So, Randall can churn his mediocre comics, we can still ragefully complain, others can complain about the shit we're writing here, we can tell them they're being retarded, and no one has to stop doing what they want to.

So, Randall can churn his mediocre comics, we can still ragefully complain, others can complain about the shit we're writing here, we can tell them they're being retarded, they can develop creepy fantroll fetishes about our attempts to tell them they're retarded, and no one has to stop doing what they want to.

Rob, while I agree with the sentiment expressed to an extent, and heartily agree with the defense of free speech, I feel that the a person could make the argument here is not what one CAN do, or what others cannot prevent one from doing, but what one SHOULD do.

The other says that no one has the right to live without being shocked, that no one has the right to prevent him from not publishing his book, and that no one has the right to stifle complaints etc. etc.

This certainly does not mean one 'should' actively shock others or be shocked without purpose, that one should attempt to publish controversial material without reason, or create complaints without due reason.

As always, ability mustbe tempered with responsibility.

This means that the post contributes little to the argument for or against the site, as it will still leave the very large question of the merit of the site in doubt. It will only stifle the cuddlefish who believes that the site does not have the RIGHT to exist. I think (and hope) that contingent of users is small and it is likely that those few who do exist are actively avoiding accidentally ingesting their keyboards (because they are dumb, I don't know if that was clear) and thus are beneath meriting such a post.

Hey Rob, keep this in mind: You may have the right to write what you want, but I have the ability to take away your posting privileges at anytime! So don't clog my blog up with shit like this. YOU FUCKER.

also, do you want me to delete that post you put here by mistake last week? i can do that

Butts Rob, you're really giving the butts end of the deal to Carl there, you might as well put your cigarette butts out in his eye or hit him with the butts end of a rifle... I don't think you know which side of your bread is buttsered on.

So, Randall can churn his mediocre comics, we can still ragefully complain, others can complain about the shit we're writing here, we can tell them they're being retarded, and no one has to stop doing what they want to.

"And if you read it and you dislike it, you don't have to remain silent about it. You can write to me, you can complain about it, you can write to the publisher, you can write to the papers, you can write your own book."

aww, and you were all doing so well, too. I was really impressed at everyone's ability to refrain from making the "LOL THE AUTHOR AGREES WITH ME THEREFORE I'M VALIDATED" troll. and Harry had to go and be a tard and say the stupid thing and ruin it for everyone. why you gotta suck so bad, Harry?

What the hell is this?

Welcome. This is a website called XKCD SUCKS which is about the webcomic xkcd and why we think it sucks. My name is Carl and I used to write about it all the time, then I stopped because I went insane, and now other people write about it all the time. I forget their names. The posts still seem to be coming regularly, but many of the structural elements - like all the stuff in this lefthand pane - are a bit outdated. What can I say? Insane, etc.

I started this site because it had been clear to me for a while that xkcd is no longer a great webcomic (though it once was). Alas, many of its fans are too caught up in the faux-nerd culture that xkcd is a part of, and can't bring themselves to admit that the comic, at this point, is terrible. While I still like a new comic on occasion, I feel that more and more of them need the Iron Finger of Mockery knowingly pointed at them. This used to be called "XKCD: Overrated", but then it fell from just being overrated to being just horrible. Thus, xkcd sucks.

Here is a comic about me that Ann made. It is my favorite thing in the world.

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